SAVE OUR SONS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Save Our Sons Leadership Academy trains at-risk boys in leadership skills and teaches them how to use those skills for surviving and thriving in a culture that lacks responsible fathers and other positive male role models. The goal of the program is to assist participating youth to reach their full potential as confident, competent, caring adults by improving life skills, attitudes, values, and behaviors.
Mentoring:
Lowers High School Dropout, Drug & Alcohol Abuse & Teen Pregnancy
Increases school attendance, Improves school performance & Reduces Violent Behaviors
8 CORE VALUES WE LIVE BY
1. Intimacy with a Mentor
2. Passion for Education & Purpose
3. Visionary Leadership
4. Culturally Relevant Communication
5. Multiplication of Leaders
6. Family as Priority
7. Good Stewardship
8. Character Development & Integrity
The V-Team “Save our Sons”
Leadership
Academy is going strong and making a difference in our community!
African American males are overrepresented in our country’s correctional facilities and underrepresented in the business and educational world. It is estimated that one in four black males in this country will spend time in a federal or state prison during the course of their lives. 40 percent of black males are either on probation, on parole, or in prison. The number 1 cause of death for black males between the ages of 15 to 24 is homicide. The unemployment rate for black males is a staggering 32 percent. Half of black youth live beneath the national poverty level.
Although these statistics can be discouraging, we are not discouraged!
We are encouraged through Christ Jesus!
Be not overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.
~Romans 12:21
